I think nearly all of us from the UK rave scene have got a “Delta Romeo” (drugs warning) marker :laugh_at:. You don’t actually need to be nicked to get a PNC record, if you make a complaint against the cops you get one as well and there is also a local database at each police force which just being at a rave will get you (and your car if you own one) indexed on.
Cops have always kept an eye on activists (violent or not) – way back in the 80s, in fact it was worse surveillance back then as there was no comeback against it or “freedom of information” – cops could do what they wanted.
There are lists of PNC markers on google (apparently they have been declassified anyway by the Home Office since the cops have got radios you can’t scan any more), the codes used by individual forces vary but the are things like
drugs,violence, firearms, contagious diseases, suicidal, mental health problems , has made a complaint against the police, involved in political activism, prolific young offender etc…
